Click on Start, Settings, Control
Panel & select AudioHQ. Open the Mixer
applet & select the Advanced Mode button. Note
– If using a Live! some of the following options may not
appear exactly as shown, if at all.
Speakers. From the drop down menu
here select the Speaker system you are connecting to as
appropriate (Or the closest available option), e.g. if you
have the Creative
Inspire 5.1 5300 Speakers (As I do) then set this to 5.1
Speakers.
Digital Output Only. When Ticked
a digital audio signal will be sent via the digital output
jack to be converted by the DAC onboard the receiver you
have connected. This can be beneficial as the receiver may
have better quality DACs than the Live!/Audigy does or be
subject to less EMI, which in either case should yield
optimal audio quality.
The Live!/Audigy can also, unlike other
non-Creative Soundcards, send a 2, 4 or 5.1 channel signal
(As per the Speakers setting) using the digital
output when connected to certain systems, e.g. Inspire 5700
& MegaWorks 510D, using a 4 pole mini-jack (Other
systems will merely output this signal as stereo if not
supported). As such you may wish to test this option out
should be connected to a Creative speaker system using the
supplied digital cable. On other non-Creative systems it is
only recommended you enable this option should be
using a 2/2.1 system with digital input (Though again test
this option to check which provides better sound quality). Untick
this option if your speaker system features analog inputs
only.
Volume. Use the slider bar here to
set the global volume level for Audio output. Move this
slider to Up to increase the global volume level
& vice versa. It is generally recommended that you set
these to 70% or thereabouts if you intend to adjust the Bass/Treble
levels, this will reduce the amount of amplification the
Soundcard can apply to a source, which could cause audio
artefacts at higher levels. Although should you not intend
to be adjust the Bass/Treble levels then you
should be able to increase the volume level to a much
greater level without compromising quality. This setting is
of course affected by the volume level you’ve set your
speakers too, so you may need to adjust the volume level of
your speakers as well.
Bass. This slider bar controls the
level of amplification for perceivable lower range audio
frequencies (20Hz – 250Hz). Move this slider Up to increase
this level & vice versa. Press the yellow
arrow to reset this to the default level.
Treble. This slider bar controls the
level of amplification for perceivable higher range audio
frequencies (6kHz –20kHz). Move this slider Up to increase
this level & vice versa. Press the yellow
arrow to reset this to the default level.
Wave/MP3, MIDI , etc. These sliders can be used to adjust the volume level of different
audio sources, moving a slider Up will increase the
volume level of a source & vice versa.
